Combined hook and clasp fastener



Patented Apr. 28, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMBINED HooK AND oLAsP FASTENER Earl C. Granger, Alameda, Calif. Application December 13, 1939, sei-iaf No. ecaose 1 Clam.

My invention relates to improvements in a combined hook and clasps fastener, and it consists of the combinations, constructions and arrangements hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a combined hook and clasps fastener that is designed to grip two articles, the clasp that grips one of the articles being held from downward movement with respect to the article by a hook that engages With another portion of the article, such as a rim. The device is designed especially to attach an ash receptacle to a cocktail glass and has novel hook-Shaped means for pcsitioning the cocktail glass-engaging clasp or clamp a predetermined distance below the rim of the glass. This hook is esesntial because the outer surface of the glass slopes at a sufficient angle to permit the clamp to slide downwardly and to free itself from the glass. This is especially true if the glass becomes wet on the outside. The 'f supporting hook is also necessary to adapt the device to fit cocktail glasses of different sizes. The other clasp or clamp yieldingly grips the neck portion of an ash receptacle and the receptacle is small enough to be the cocktail glass.

The device is extremely simple in construction and is durable and efficient for the purpose intended.

Other objects and advantages will appear in 1.:

ing drawing forming a part of this application,

in which Figure 1 is an isometric view of the device shown applied to a cocktail glass;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the device;

Figure 3 is a section along the line 3-3 of Figure 2; and

Figure 4 is a top plan View of the device.

In carrying out my invention I make use of a cocktail glass indicated generally at I. My device is shown in Figures 3 and 4 and it will be seen from-Figure 4 that it comprises two strips of metal 2 and 3 preferably formed from number twenty-four gage material such as phosphor bronze. The strips are connected together by a rivet 4 and a hook-Shaped wire 5, see Figure 2, is placed between the strips and is wrapped around the rivet as shown at 5. The wire hook 5 is preferably made from soft copper so as to be readily bent by hand. Solder 1, see Figure 1, is applied between the strips 2 and entirely supported by 1::

3 and adjacent to the coiled portion 6 so as to hold the wire against rotation on the rivet and to also hold the strips 2 and 3 against rotating with respect to each other.

The strips 2 and 3 form two yielding spring clasps or clamps A and B. The clamp A is large enough to fit different sized cocktail glasses, one size being shown at I in Figure 1, while the clamp B is designed to receive an ash receptacle 8. The receptacle 8 may be of any shape desired and it may be made from different kinds of material. I have found that plastic can be used to good advantage in making the ash receptacles because such material comes in different colors and it also can be shaped in various forms. It is possible to use glass or metal in the ash receptacle. The receptacle 8 has a neck portion 9 and an enlarged body portion IG. The body portion III is somewhat spherical in shape and the neck has a rim I I that extends upwardly and outwardly from the neck to form a larger ash-receiving opening. It will be noted from Figures 1 and 4 that the clamp B has its free ends fia and 3a curved outwardly in order to more readily receive the neck 9 of the ash receptacle 8.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood.

Figure 3 clearly shows the solder l placed between the strips 2 and 3 for looking the strips and hook against relative movement with respect to each other. When applying the device to the glass I, the strips 2 and 3 of the clamp A are spread apart so as to receive the glass and then the hook portion Sa is placed over the rim Ia of the glass. The hook 5 not only positions the clamp A at the desired height on the glass I, but

it also holds the two clamps in a plane which parallels the plane of the glass rim. In Figure 2 I show how the hook 5 extends at a slight angle from a vertical line passing through the plane of the two clamps. The hook also prevents the clamp A from accidentally slipping downwardly on the glass and freeing the device from the glass. The hook is therefore a vital element in the combination.

The ash receptacle 8 is removably secured in the clamp B as clearly shown in Figure 1, The glass I is heavy enough to prevent the weight of the clamp B and the receptacle 8 from t'pping the glass over. The clamp A is larger than the clamp B and is therefore heavier and since the clamp A is Secured to the glass, it will add to the weight of the glass and overcome any tendency for the weight of the receptacle and clamp B to tip the glass. The enlarged bottom [0 of the receptacle Will'retain the ashes therein even when the glass is tipped for drinking purposes. The rim H affords an opening large enough to re; ceive ashes from a eigarette or cigar.

The device lends itself to the novel feature of quickly difierentiating between different cocktail glasses. The receptacles 8 of a number of devices may be given different contrasting colors and then when these devices are Secured to the glasses, all a person needs to remember is the color of the ash receptacle and thus be sure that he has his glass. The forming of the receptacle in different colors Will also enhance the saleability of the device. If the device is attached to a small cocktail glass, the receptacle may be moved upwardly in the clamp B should the bottom of the receptacle be disposed at a lowerl level than the bottom of the glass.

While I have shown only the preferred form of my invention, it should be understood that various changes or modifications may be made within the scope of the appended claim Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

A double clamp for securing an ash tray to a cocktail glass and comprising a pair of spring arms, each arm ybeing in the shape of double arcuate portions, the arms lying in the same plane with the concave portions of one arm facing the concave portions of the other, and a supporting hook Secured to the two arms at the junctures of the double arcuate portions to define two clamps, said hook having its shank extending above the plane of the two arms and having its hooked end overlying one of the clamps.

EARL C. GRANGER. 

